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titled their book about the natural history of eastern Texas, "The Land of Bears and Honey". Which brings to mind that since the honey bee is European, how quickly did they become widespread in the US? miles 10 Spectacular Bees Native To The U.S. | Popular Science www.popsci.com/science/.../10-spectacular-native-beesPopular Science Jun 19, 2013 - Honeybees aren't native to U.S., but these other amazing bees are. And they contribute to pollinating delicious American crops such as ...
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“In Trump We Trust.” Right????
SOMEBODY please tell TRH that Netanyahu NEVER said "Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away."
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I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Retired cat herder.
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good stuff mudhen 
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If you want to read more of this stuff reference the text I mentioned earlier by John Wesley Wilbarger; "Indian Depredations In Texas". State House Books did a reprint back in the 80's. Big thick book and all stories are pre 1845 stuff! Worth a look!!!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Now I gotta research cooked taters and Davy Crockett. Thanks a lot!
Wonder if they bothered to skalp us baldies.
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Up in the Austin area in 1833, they were pushing their luck. That was Comanche land.
The Comanche had lots worse things for a prisoner than a scalping, had they taken a white boy back to their camp and let the squaws get hold of them, it would have taken a while to die.
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Many such stories in Wilbargers book. Like the brother and sis taken in about 39 or 40 down by the old capital building in Austin. Which was a dog run cabin about 6th and Congress. They were found in NE New Mexico. Best I remember least the boy was several years later.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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